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Using Conservation Action Planning (or Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation)
to develop Management Plans for Cultural Values
Framework
Identify:1. Priority values for conservation/protection2. Current condition of values3. Desired condition of values4. Key issues or factors degrading values5. Management strategies to abate those sources of
degradation
Value Condition criteria
Current Desired Priority Issues
Strategies
Village site # signs of unnatural physical damage
Every visit, new signs are present
No new signs present
Incidental visitors from boats
•Outreach to boaters•Referrals coordinator discusses with users
Knowledge of Heritage and cultural resources
•% Arch Impact Assess completed with full descriptions• % AIA results available to the community
•50%
•20%
•90%
•90%
•Arch professionals not available•$$ for AIAs
•Collaborate with universities•Require AIAs for all development•Grant applications
Understand of traditional values
# of unpermitted recordings or photographs of traditional dances & stories
15/ year 1/ year Uninformed visitors
•Outreach to visitors on web•Announcement at start of performances
Examples of how this works
1. Priority values
• Identify different types of cultural heritage values - can be based on:
– Common location: e.g. same watershed, same family or clan territory, same village
– Common use or importance: especially for objects or even CMTs
– Common form: e.g. village sites, movable artifacts, canoes, poles
– Unique or rare objects: equivalent to species fine filter in natural values
• If not all values are important for management or conservation, page 7 of the pdf gives some ideas of ways to prioritize those that are most important for a focus of the management plan
2 & 3. Current and desired conditionof TANGIBLE VALUES
• This step is used to determine whether active management is required.• Identify criteria upon which to describe the current condition.
• 3 types of criteria for evaluating condition:1. Conceptual content - how well the value reflects socio/cultural significance
2. Physical condition - how deteriorated is the physical object
3. Natural and social context - status of the environmental regimes (light, temperature, flooding, etc…) and the social factors (e.g. understanding in the community, land tenure, etc…) that are important to maintaining the condition of the value
Page 8 and 9 of the pdf discuss this in more detail
Once the criteria have been identified, assess current condition and what is the desired condition to determine whether active management is needed
Criteria Details Indicator (that is measured)
Corresondence/ connection
Permanence of the message
Degree of permanence of the value
% similarity to the original content and practice
# or % of people involved in the cultural practice
Degree of credibility
Uniformity of knowledge
Scientific information available
# of publications on the topic
Functionality Degree that the population identifies with the value
Transmission Transmission of the value or knowledge
Strength of the transmission mechanisms (can be measured using interviews, polls, and statistical analysis)# of community activities a year that permit or allow transmission of the intangible cultural valueDegree of knowledge about the cultural values in the formal educational curriculum
Context Institutional support (technical, financial, and political)
Level of support in state institutions/government
Level of support in NGOs
Legal framework Degree of protection or promotion given to the cultural value by the laws (national, global, regional, local)
2 & 3 For INTANGIBLE VALUESCriteria to use for assessing condition
4. Key Issues
For values with current conditions ≠ desired condition….A. Identify the consequences of degradation and the sources of degradation B. Find the most important sources of degradation
Deterioration effects – e.g.• Loss of Conceptual Meaning• Destruction• Loss of traditional knowledge
Causes of Deterioration – e.g.• Weathering• Looting• Inadequate management of tourism• Lack of institutional support for
local/native culture
Prioritization criteria:• Severity or Intensity
• Scope
Prioritization criteria:
• Importance
• Irreversibility
5. Strategies
• Identify management actions that can address the most important sources of degradation
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